The Basketball Diaries

April. 21,1995      R
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Leonardo DiCaprio as  Jim Carroll
Mark Wahlberg as  Mickey
Lorraine Bracco as  Jim's Mother
Michael Imperioli as  Bobby
Ernie Hudson as  Reggie
Juliette Lewis as  Diane Moody
James Madio as  Pedro
Bruno Kirby as  Swifty
Patrick McGaw as  Neutron
Manny Alfaro as  Manny

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